Laura Weinstein-Berman Application PackageWeinstein-Berman Laura A
Last Name First Name Middle Initial
6103 Aqua Ave Apt 602 Miami Beach
Home Address City
FL 33141
State Zip Code
30560689483056068948
HomeWork
laura@lwassocinc.com
Email Address
3056068948
Cellular
Miami Beach
Business Address
6103 Aqua Ave Ste 602
City
FL
State
33141
Zip Code
LW Associates, Inc.
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Developer
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Historic Preservation Board
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BOARD AND COMMITTEE
APPLICATION FORM
Note:If applying for the At-Large position of the Historic Preservation Board, please answer the below
questions:
Have you ever resided in one of the City's Historic Districts for at least one year?Yes
1358 Pennsylvania Ave 1/1/2007 1/1/2009
Address
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Professional License
License Number Issuance Date Expire Date
Laura Weinstein-Berman AR99933 1/9/2019 2/28/2023
Note:If you are seeking appointment to a professional seat (e.g. attorney, architect, etc.), you must attach a copy of
your currently effective corresponding professional license.
Pursuant to City Code section 2-22(4) a, b and c: Members of Agencies, Boards, and Committees shall be
affiliated with the city. This requirement shall be fulfilled in the following ways:
YesResident of the City for a minimum of six (6) months:
Demonstrate an ownership interest in a business established in the City for a minimum of six (6) months:Yes
AFFILIATION WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
a.
● I am resident of:Middle Beach
Or
b.
"Ownership Interest" shall mean the ownership of ten percent (10%) or more (including the ownership of 10%
or more of the outstanding capital stock) in a business.
"Business" shall mean any sole proprietorship, sponsorship, corporation, limited liability company, or other
entity or business association.
c.Full-time employee of such a business (for a minimum of six months); and I am based in an office or
other location of the business that is physically located in Miami Beach (for a minimum of six months):Yes
Notwithstanding the requirements set forth herein, the qualified full-time employee of a business must be
approved by a 4/7th vote of the Mayor and City Commission.
NOTE: Members of Agencies, Boards, and Committees shall be required to demonstrate compliance with the City
affiliation requirements of section 2-22 (4) a and b of the Miami Beach City Code by executing an affidavit,
stipulating that they have met either (or both) of said affiliation requirements. The original affidavit shall be filled
with the Office of the City Clerk prior to being sworn in as a member.
Or
No● Have you ever been convicted of a felony:If yes, please explain in detail:
● Do you currently have a violation(s) of City of Miami Beach codes:No If yes, please explain in detail:
● Do you currently owe the City of Miami Beach any money:No If yes, please explain in detail:
● Are you currently serving on any City Boards or Committees:Yes If yes, which board?
Historic Preservation Board
● Are you presently a registered lobbyist with the City of Miami Beach?No
● I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge and experience. Please list below:
I am a registered architect with a Master's in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. Currently I am a
developer, overseeing historic, adaptive reuse, and new development projects. I volunteer to lead initiatives at the
MDPL and have served on the HPB for the past two years.
NOTE: IF APPOINTED, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW CERTAIN LAWS THAT APPLY TO CITY
BOARD/COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THESE LAWS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
o Prohibition from directly or indirectly lobbying city personnel (Miami Beach City Code section 2-459).
o Prohibition from contracting with the city (Miami-Dade County Code section 2-11.1).
o Prohibition from lobbying before board/committee you have served on for period of one year after leaving office
(Miami Beach Code section 2-26)
o Requirement to disclose certain financial interests and gifts (Miami-Dade County Code section 2-11.1).
o Sunshine Law - Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine Law was enacted in 1967. Today, the Sunshine Law
regarding open government can be found in Chapter 286 of the Florida Statutes. These statutes establish a basic
right of access to most meetings of Boards, Commissions, and other governing bodies of state and local
governmental agencies or authorities.
o Voting conflict - Form 8B is for use by any person serving at the county, city, or other local level of government on
an appointed or elected Board, Council, Commission, Authority, or Committee. It applies equality to members of
advisory and non-advisory bodies who are presented with a voting conflict of interest under Section 112.3143.
Florida Statutes.
● In what organization(s) in the City of Miami Beach do you currently hold membership in?
No Organization Information Submitted.
● List the address of all properties owned or in which you have an interest within the City of Miami Beach:
Property
6103 Aqua Ave
If so, which department and title?No● Are you now employed by the City of Miami Beach:
● Pursuant to City Code Section 2-25 (b):
Do you have a parent, spouse, child, brother, or sister who is employed by the City of Miami Beach?No
If "Yes", identify person(s) and department(s):
No relative's information submitted.
BOARD & COMMITTEE FINANCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT
Acknowledgement of fines/suspension for Board/Committee Members for failure to comply with
Miami-Dade County Financial Disclosure Code Section 2-11.1(i)(2)
I understand that no later than July 1, of each year all members of Boards and Committees of the City of Miami
Beach, including those of a purely advisory nature, are required to comply with Miami-Dade County Financial
Disclosure Requirements.
One of the following forms must be filled with the City Clerk of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida, no later than 12:00 noon of July 1, of each year:
1. A "Source of Income Statement;" or
2. A "Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1)¹ ;" or
3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return.
Failure to file one of these forms, pursuant to the Miami-Dade County Code, may subject the person to a fine of no
more than $500, 60 days in jail, or both.
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¹ Members of the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment will be notified directly by the State of Florida, pursuant
to F.S. §112.3145(1)(a), to file a Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1) with the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of
Elections by 12:00 noon, July 1. Planning Board and Board of Adjustment members who file their Form 1 with the
County Supervisor of Elections automatically satisfy the County’s financial disclosure requirement as a Miami Beach
City Board/Committee member and need not file an additional form with the Office of the City Clerk. However,
compliance with the County disclosure requirement does not satisfy the State requirement.
DIVERSITY STATISTICS REPORT
The following information is voluntary and has no bearing on your consideration for appointment. It is being asked to
comply with City diversity reporting requirements.
Asian or Pacific IslanderRace/Ethnic Categories
What is your race?
No details providedOther Description:
Gender:Female
Are you Spanish/Hispanic/ Latino? Mark the "No" box if not Spanish / Hispanic / Latino.No
Physically Challenged:No
I HEREBY ATTEST TO THE ACCURACY AND TRUTHFULNESS OF THE APPLICATION; AND I HAVE
RECEIVED, READ AND WILL ABIDE BY CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VII, OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE,
ENTITLED “STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENCY MEMBERS AND
ALL OTHER APPLICABLE COUNTY AND/OR STATE LAWS AND STATUTES ACCORDINGLY.”
I Laura Weinstein-Berman agreed to the following terms on 12/5/2022 3:33:11 PM
Received in the City Clerk's Office by:
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Board and Committee Application Checklist: Please ensure you have provided all information before applying or
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I have answered all questions fully.
I have uploaded a current resume, photograph, and a copy of any applicable professional license.
I have completed and attached the Board & Committee Financial Acknowledgment Statement.
I have completed and attached the Diversity Statistics Report.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk via email: BC@miamibeachfl.gov or
telephone: 305.673.7411
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public records. If your home address, telephone numbers, and/or photograph are exempt from disclosure and you
do not wish your home address, telephone numbers, and/or photograph to be made public, please:
1) Use your office or other address for your mailing address;
2) Use your office or other telephone number for your contact number; and
3) Do not attach a photograph.
Laura Weinstein-Berman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
6103 Aqua Ave, Ste 602, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 33141 | laura@lwassocinc.com | +1(305) 606-8948
WORK EXPERIENCE
LW Associates, Inc., Miami Beach, FL and New York, NY, June 2011-present, lwassocinc.com
Founder
LW Associates, Inc. specialized in projects which positively contribute “public goods” to our vibrant communities, including historic
preservation, affordable housing development, and resilient/sustainable architecture.
Representative projects include:
• Historic Preservation Consulting: City of Fort Lauderdale and City of Coral Gables.
• Historic Preservation Research and Documentation: National Register listing of the MiMo/Biscayne Boulevard Historic District
(PSIQ approval). Completed Architecture Resources Survey of approx. 3,000 parcels across 8 potentially historically
designated neighborhoods for the City of Fort Lauderdale. Local designation reports for the Superior Apts, 7800 NW 2nd
Avenue, the Gold Dust, 7700 Biscayne Boulevard, and the San Sebastian Apartments, 333 University Drive.
• Sustainable Development: Consultant to real estate developers focused on enhancing communities through adaptive reuse of
historic resources, place-making, and innovative private and public partnerships. My responsibilities include aspects from
pre-design and financial analyses of potential development projects, through architectural schematic and design
development, and owner representation through project management and construction administration. Representative
projects include:
o 555 River House, 555 NW South River Drive: $200M and 500k square feet mixed-use development on the historic
Miami River with Creative Class A office space and co-living, in collaboration with the internationally-recognized
Carlos Zapata Studio.
o 225 Midtown, 3415 NE 2nd Ave: $100M and 200k square feet Creative Class A office new development in
collaboration with internationally-recognized architecture firm SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP).
o 16 Corner: 1540 NW 1 Ct, 1535-41 NW 1 Pl: $8M and 44-unit historic restoration of a public-private affordable
housing partnership with the Omni CRA and Mt. Zion CDC to keep existing residents in Historic Overtown at 80%
AMI or below.
o Gold Dust: 7700 Biscayne Blvd: $16M historic restoration project for a 60-unit MiMo motel. Responsible for Local
Historic Designation and Federal Historic Tax Credit documentation and approval.
City of New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York, NY, August 2016-May 2017
Graduate Fellowship in the Research and Special Projects Department
Research and written contributions to Brougham Cottage Designation Report; Assisted with primary research and Architect’s
Appendix for Sullivan-Thompson Historic District; Completed presentation of Synagogue Landmarks Research.
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, NY
M.S. in Historic Preservation, with M.S. Real Estate Development coursework
• Faculty Thesis Award, “The Progression of Historic Preservation and Challenges of Sea Level Rise in Miami Beach.”
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, “Heritage, Tourism, and Urbanization: Understanding the Landscape and Development of Lalibela,
Ethiopia,” joint Historic Preservation/Urban Planning Studio III, 2016 (Final report published by World Monuments Fund, NYC).
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Bachelor of Architecture, Minor in Art/Art History
• Honors Program, graduated magna cum laude.
• Foro Italico Model, included in the “Luigi Moretti Architetto” exhibit, OPEN MAXXI in Rome.
• Open City Studio, Tokyo, Summer Semester; Project examined history of packaging in Japanese culture with building envelopes.
• Rome Program, Rome, Italy, Fall Semester, with travel to Florence, Venice, and throughout Switzerland.
CERTIFICATIONS
• American Institute of Architects (AIA), Licensed Architect in the State of Florida, AR99933
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), LEED AP BD+C
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), Licensed
• United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Academy, Sustainable Cities, completed with distinction, 2016
AWARDS
• South Florida Community Development Coalition, Project of the Year—16 Corner, November 2019
• Miami Design Preservation League, Resiliency Advocacy Award, May 2018
• Columbia University in the City of New York, Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Thesis, May 2017
• Habitat for Humanity, Habitat on the Hill Youth Scholarship, Washington D.C., January 2017
• Cleo and James Marston Fitch Research Grant, New York City, December 2016
PUBLICATIONS
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura, Historic Overtown Multiple Resource National Register Listing (Miami, FL: Dade Heritage Trust, pending
approval 2021).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura, Biscayne Boulevard National Register Listing (Miami, FL: MiMo Biscayne Association, pending approval
2020).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura, Open Source: Affordable Housing Public-Private Partnership with the Omni CRA (Miami, FL: Vagabond
Group Consulting, 2019).
• Enterprise Community Partners, 16 Corner as Project-Level Case Study for Affordable Housing Toolkit (Atlanta, GA: Enterprise
Community Partners, 2019).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura, San Sebastian Apartments—Local Designation Report (Coral Gables, FL: City of Coral Gables, 2019).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura. Architecture Resources Survey, 2018 (Fort Lauderdale, FL: City of Fort Lauderdale, 2018).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura. Gold Dust – Local Designation Report (Miami, FL: Vagabond Group Consulting, 2018).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura. Economic Benefits of Historic Designation (Miami, FL: Dade Heritage Trust, 2018).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura. Superior Apts – Local Designation Report (Miami, FL: Vagabond Group Consulting, 2017).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura, The Vagabond Effect (Miami, FL: Vagabond Group Consulting, 2017).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura. Sea Level Rise and Historic Resources in Miami Beach: Mapping Elevation Intersections and Historic
District Choropleths (Miami Beach, FL: Miami Design Preservation League, 2017).
• Weinstein-Berman, Laura. The Progression of Historic Preservation in Miami Beach and the Challenges of Sea Level Rise, Graduate
Thesis (New York, NY: Columbia University, 2017).
• Columbia University Joint Historic Preservation and Urban Planning Studio III. Heritage, Tourism, and Urbanization: The Landscape
and Development of Lalibela, Ethiopia (New York: Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Ethiopian Institute of
Architecture, Building Construction, and City Development, and the World Monuments Fund, 2017).
• Landmarks Preservation Commission in the City of New York. Brougham Cottage (New York: City of New York, 2016).
LECTURES
• “Historic Overview of the City of Miami and the Influence of Women in Miami Commercial Real Estate,” CREW Miami, Four
Seasons Miami, April 29, 2019. Panel moderator and Presentation. Panelists included Ashley Abess, Partner & Creative Strategist,
MVW Partners; Carie Penabad, Founding Principal, Cure & Penabad Architects; and Christine Rupp, Executive Director, Dade
Heritage Trust.
• “Miami Beach and Sea Level Rise- Rising Above or Floating Away?” Miami Beach United, Miami Beach Women’s Club, February
26, 2019. Panel moderator. Panelist included Eric Carpenter, Assistant City Manager, City of Miami Beach; Brian McNoldy, Senior
Research Associate, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; Glenna Norton, Miami Beach
resident; and Mark Samuelian, Commissioner, City of Miami Beach.
• “Preservation: Future,” Miami Design Preservation League, Art Deco Weekend – January 2019. Presentation with Daniel Ciraldo,
Executive Director, Miami Design Preservation League.
• “Resiliency and Preservation of Historic Structures,” Urbanism Summit Tour, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, March 21, 2018.
Panel with Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade Commissioner, District 8; Joel Hoffman, Executive Director, Vizcaya Museum and
Gardens; Vickie Toranzo, Historic Preservation Planner, City of Miami; and Andrew Quarrie, Urbanism Summit, Founder.
• “Resiliency + Historic Resources,” Center for Resiliency and Sustainability Workshop, Miami Beach Golf Club, March 20, 2018.
• “Historic Resources as Green Infrastructure: Advancing Miami Beach's Sustainable Development,” Miami Design Preservation
League, Art Deco Weekend - January 2018. Panel moderator and presentation. Panelist included Richard Heisenbottle,
FAIA, President, R.J. Heisenbottle Architects, P.A.; Christine Rupp, Executive Director, Dade Heritage Trust; and Susanne
Torriente, Assistant City Manager & Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami Beach.
• “Preservation, Design, and Sustainability,” Pratt Institute, May 2017. Invited by Dr. Theodore Prudon, FAIA, FAPT, Founder of
Prudon and Partners, LLP and author of Preserving Modern Architecture. Other panelists were Carl Stein, FAIA, Founder of
Elemental Architecture, LLC and author of Greening Modernism, and Ben Shepard, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Atelier Ten.
• Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Preservation Lecture Series graduate team.
Organized lectures during Fall 2016 semester by leading architects, preservationists, conservators, researchers, and community
developers including: Ippolita Romeo, Mario Santiana-Quintero, Erik Langdalen, Adam Lowe, Lisa Ackerman, Dietmar
Offenhuber, Roger Michel, Holly Rushmeier, Mark Pasnik, Daniel Abramson, Rohit Jigyasu, and Shawn Mclearen.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board, Board Member, 2020 to present
• National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Properties Redevelopment Program Member
• Miami Design Preservation League, Manager of the Center for Resiliency and Sustainability
• MiMo Biscayne Association, Board Member
• Habitat for Humanity, Advocacy Volunteer